Since the price of oil went up, lots of businesses have been feeling the pinch.

1. The election is in the bag unless the voters find out about my past. (TheFreeDictionary)

2. At one time while they were climbing the cliff it was touch and go whether they could do it. (Dictionary of American Idioms)

3. It's all up in the air at the moment, ... I love the WNBA, and I love this team. It just depends on what Basketball Australia's restrictions are. (Lauren Jackson blog)

4. Grace said to her that, 'Chloe, don't get your knickers in a twist!'

5. '"Look, son," the cop says. "There's no need to get all shirty with me."

'"Shirty??"

'"YES, shirty."

'I quite like the word.' (the book I Am The Messenger, by Markus Zusak Feb 18, 2008)

6. I've got something up my sleeve that i don't want to show you  cause everytime I bleed I make a fool of me ( song “We Come Crashing Down")

7. Mr Cameron was off the cuff when he spoke on these matters in India. (Guardian)

8. The trick is to collar him before he can savage us

9. Everyone has an opinion about the red top newspapers.

10. Bar crawls are nothing new and I bet everyone on your stag do will be hardened professionals at the act of bar crawling. (www.thestagcompany.com)

12.           Russia's Rambler feels the crunch as ad revenues fall (techcrunch.com)

13. Train company chiefs have been accused of “fat cat” behaviour after it was revealed they enjoy six figure salaries as passengers endure misery and ticket price hikes. (The Telegraph)

14. That’s right – gate-crash, like uninvited wedding guests. It’s free, and it’s an unconference. Gate-crashing will actually be in the spirit of the event. (punetech.com)

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16. Many British cafés and pubs serve the meal at any time as an "all-day breakfast". Other common names for the dish include bacon and eggs, or the fry-up.

17. But their books are nothing more than carefully scripted, anticapitalist drivel that is void of even the most elementary level of economic logic or analysis.

18. She flicked through the channels but nothing interesting was on.

19. "We'd just been to Stanley to look at the other one, were tucking into our bacon butties and then we got the call to come here!"

20. It seems the once desired hourglass figure is long gone and replaced with a more slim-line look (www.diet-blog.com)

21. For while the majestic beasts known as the dinosaurs ruled the earth for several hundred million years, man as a sentient being has occupied the earth for only about ten million years, a veritable blink of the evolutionary eye, and a brief flash in the pan as far as the age of the dinosaurs is concerned.

22. The $100 million (£60 million) fortune of an American timber and iron tycoon, which has been out of reach for the past 92 years due to the terms of his will, is finally to be divided between his descendants. (The Telegraph)

23. How To Earn Your Keep In Internet Marketing. (valentinocrawford.com)

24. Conglomerates: Cash Cows Or Corporate Chaos? (investopedia.com)

25. Privatization is not always the gravy train that governments promise. (Longman Dic.)

26. American Hunks is a fascinating collection of images (many in full color) depicting the muscular American male as documented in popular culture from 1860 to 1970. (review of the book)

27. Madonna having a fling with a Brazilian male model? (thebosh.com)

28. Blowing a freakin' gale on our deck. (twitter)

29. Rain is bucketing down while Marjorie Ehry holds sunshine in her hand.

30. I looked out the window and the rain was pelting down against the ground. Drip drop drip drop the rain started shooting on our roof. (room23writing.blogspot.com)

31. With careful consideration and a few additions to your wardrobe, any woman can comfortably dress in business casual style during a blistering hot summer. (ehow.com)

32.  Roasting temperatures blamed for spike in death rates as heatwave continues to bake South-East. (www.dailymail.co.uk)

33. Now I'm drenched..... However, the water is running again. (notmarriedandnotbothered.blogspot.ru)

34. A. Let's go see a movie. B. No, I don't feel like it. A. Ok, let's go drink a few beer. B.'Now you're talking (www.italki.com)

35. I'm well aware of that, as in She's a terrific dancer.—You're telling me! I taught her howidioms. (yourdictionary.com)

36. "Oh, what a rough day." "Tell me about it." (www.correctenglish.ru)

37. “She cheated on me” – “join the club”

38. 'But,' she took the words out of his mouth, speaking hastily, 'he doesn't know the first thing about people; about a woman like Sanchia Murray.

Fashion words

1. I was downsized from my career and my marriage in the same month.

2. I supersized my beer, too. One litre of local microbrewed goodness (blogspot)

3. nova idling sounds sick check it out, also has many many goodies lol (youtube)

4. Amnesia leaves thirty-something thinking she was 15. (www.parentdish.co.uk)

5. CDC works 24/7 saving lives, protecting people from health threats, and saving money to have a more secure nation. (www.cdc.gov/24-7/com)

6. Here are 25 D-list celebrities you'll never see sitting next to Jack Nicholson. (bleacherreport.com)

7. yo blad , you is my bruv init (facebook.com)

8.

1. Clueless: It all boiled down to one inevitable conclusion, I was just totally clueless...

2. Street cred: Can the establishment brand gain some street cred?

3. Big up: He works out every day to big up himself.

4. Staycation: A staycation is an economical alternative to a conventional vacation. Instead of jetting down to Disneyworld or some exotic locale, a staycation might consist of barbecuing around the backyard pool, visiting a nearby museum, or a relaxing day trip to a local park. (news.consumerreports.org)

5. Muppet

6. Not

7. Bogof (Buy One Get One Free): Say 'Bogof' to supermarkets' dodgy deals (The Telefraph)

8. Innit:  According to the Daily Mail, the unnamed teen rang directory enquiries two weeks ago and initially requested a number for a "Joe Baxi" firm. The nonplussed operator told her she couldn't find anyone by that name, to which the lass replied: “It ain’t a person, it’s a cab, innit.” (www.theregister.co.uk)

9. Cashback: Apply today and earn 6% cashback in your first three months.

10. Awesome: We Love Yoshii He is Awesome and We Love Him.

1. D’oh! (you’ve done smth silly)

<Marge>Homer,where are your pants.

<Homer>Outside drying.

(satillite falls on his his pants and burns them)

<Homer>D'oh!!!!!

2. be like – (substitute of “all” ) So he calls me up and he's like “I still love you” and I'm like, I'm just… This is exhausting, you know like… we're never getting back together. Like ever. ”

3. WAG – (wives and girls) The WAGs have chosen Hotel Pod Roza, which takes its name from Latin sub rosa, meaning secrecy.

4.netizen- Dear netizen, whoever/wherever you are, I wish you well. (twitter)

5.pants - You scared the pants off me

6. out(original: to tell the world, that a person was a homosexual, now: someone who tells about his sexuality)

7.wuss (indecisive and weak; orig: ) Maybe you should just stop being such a damn wuss

8. phishing (stilling information, personal detail and so on) Phishing is the act of attempting to acquire information such as usernames, passwords, and credit card details (and sometimes, indirectly, money

9. tipping point (point of no return) Is Facebook about to reach a tipping point where advertisers begin to take it more seriously?

10. carbon footprint (small – good, large - bad)

11.W00t (we on the other team)

12. Phat ()

1. cheers mate your a diamond geezer(legendary hero)

2. I got a whole package of Peeps for easter!

3. What do lad mags and rapists have in common?

4. "That numpty's driving with no lights on!"

5. In the beginning of December 2010 these two hoodied hoodlums were caught on camera stealing cigarettes at the Tobacco Shack at N 48th and Holdrege.

6. Most UK adults have a bog-standard, old-fashioned bank account that pays 0.1% interest on credit balances—business website, 2004.

7. That party was naff — they ran out of beer, and the people were way too uptight.

1. Dumping down ([30ths] someone could dump smth. down) American: stupid, ([90] they are dumping down – to become less intellectually challenging)transitive

2. Whatever. (exclamotary; pronoun, determinant, emphatic word)

3.Newbie(somebody new)

4. al desko (eating at your working place)

5. shoulder-surfing (when someone try to steal smone’s money; when want to find somebody more interesting )

6. excessorise ([30ths] let’s excessorise with some wisky)

7. lovely jubbly(excellent, great ) London slang.

8. pre-owned(second-hand things = pre-loved)

9. talk to the hand - ([90th] when you want to stop somebody talking)

10.mardy –(wining, sulking, pechulant, pathetic, moaning,)

11. get a life! (start living, )

12.laters (short form of ‘’see you later’’)

13. manky (not working properly, defective, dirty [Scotland]) feeling rough

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